The battle of Zorndorf 1758 will no longer be "obscure" to you once you get done reading Jeff Berry's masterpiece on the subject. The background, history, fantastic graphical aids, and modern photos of the battle area all make for a great article.

Enrico Live! Does it get any better than that? Enrico Viglino takes us on a surreptitious tour of the early morning action at ConSimWorld Expo 2015. Well it starts off surreptitiously anyway. Lots of game footage but mostly faceless, unidentified people, except for Ted Raicer and a brief Harvey Mossman (The Boardgaming Life) sighting at about 54:03...

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From Lumaca Games, an instructional video on Hawks over Malta, the first Volume of "The propeller rotates and the engine roars..", the new aerial combat system dedicated to the Italian Regia Aeronautica in WWII. (there is also another video that explains dogfighting. Note: The sound quality is not great, but you can follow the visuals pretty well.

Publisher: Rombo GamesDate: 7/26/2015 7:27:00 PM

Publish or Perish! Hybrid Game for Young Scientists

The guys from Rombo Games totally hooked me on their new concept game, Publish or Perish. Anyone who has a child, grandchild, neice, nephew, whatever, that they are trying to introduce to the world of board gaming (with a unique twist), should really take a look at what they've got cooking over at Rombo Games!

Hundred Days 20 features two complete games: Tolentino 20 and Waterloo 20, 3rd Edition! Jack Gill's Tolentino 20 focuses on battle of 2 and 3 May 1815 which occurred in central Italy during the period of the "Hundred Days" of Napoleon’s brief restoration to the French throne. Waterloo 20, 3rd Edition from Joseph Miranda is a game based on the Waterloo campaign of 15-18 June 1815.

This new game explores the interagency cooperation needed to address a complex humanitarian crisis. Although designed for four players, it can be played with fewer (even solitaire) or more (with players grouped into four teams). Designed by Thomas Fisher with developer Rex Brynen of the PaxSims blog. Available for sale now at The Game Crafter web site.

Print & Play board game that can be downloaded (PDF) and played, or a set of miniatures rules that can be used with your own miniatures. This is the 2nd game in the "Alfred the Great" series. An inexpensive alternative to boxed games, from Red King Games.

During the 1960s the newly independent Congo was the scene of constant warfare. Congo Merc puts you in the middle of that fighting with a task force of elite commandos. You conduct breakneck advances into the heart of enemy territory, seize critical objectives and, just as important, return to home base.Based on the board game by Decision Games, Congo Merc includes everything from hostage rescue to tracking down Cuban cadre.

Quality review of "Dawn of the Zeds", in the pipeline for publisher Victory Point Games. Article author Jeff Patino does an outstanding job with the review and his "Game Experience" section is a really nice feature. As an added bonus, VPG honcho Alan Emrich also responds to some of the review points.

Publisher: Marshal EnterprisesDate: 7/17/2015 10:55:00 PM

The Next Game in the Legendary La Bataille Series: "La Bataille d'Aspern-Essling"

New from Reiner Knizia, Icarus is a game for three to seven players who must don their wax-fastened wings to see who can soar the highest without being caught flying too close to the sun. Published by Victory Point Games.

This is an update by designer Frank Chadwick for his big WWII game in development at Victory Point Games. In this article, he takes a look at the naval units themselves and discusses their division into the games' component counters...

An introduction, and brief play through, of the board wargame "Thunder at the Crossroads" the Battle of Gettysburg. This is a look at the second edition by "The Gamers" in 1993. Produced by Gilbert Collins.

Hawks Over Malta is the fist Volume dedicated to the first air stuggles over the sky of Malta between the Italian Regia Aeronautica with its CR42 Falco and BR20 Cicogna against the RAF Gloster Gladiators and Hurricanes. The system named "The propeller rotates and the engine roars" (Gira l'elica e romba il motor, an old Italian song on Air Force) will be developed into other volumes, with Armèe de l'Air and Luftwaffe amongst others, being centered on the Italian Royal Air Force (La Regia)

Norman Smith, designer and player of "Invasion 1066", produced this brief AAR of a recent game. There is a link to a more extensive AAR at the bottom of the article. Good quality article, as is most of Norm's stuff...